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# fertilizer

«fertilizer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a substance added to soil to give plants the food…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (fertilizer, fertilizers); UK also fertiliser; verb fertilize/fertilise

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fertilizer is a substance added to soil to give plants the food (nutrients) they need to grow better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#m1)

2) It can be natural, like manure and compost, or made in factories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#m2)

3) Someone or something that helps things grow and multiply, such as a god in ancient stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Science and farming lessons: plant nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), fair tests on plant growth, and pollution when fertilizer runs into rivers. Safety: keep away from children and pets. Phrases: natural fertilizer, chemical fertilizer, liquid fertilizer.

### examples

- We added fertilizer to half the bean plants for our test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x1)
- Manure is a natural fertilizer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x2)
- Too much fertilizer can wash into rivers and harm fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x3)
- The tomatoes grew bigger with fertilizer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x4)
- Wash your hands after touching fertilizer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x5)
- Farmers spread fertilizer in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x6)
- Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/#x7)

### note

Spelling: US and Canada fertilizer; UK, Australia and NZ often fertiliser (both accepted in UK). Uncountable usually (some fertilizer), countable for types. Plants make their own food by photosynthesis; fertilizer gives minerals, not energy.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fertilizer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertilizer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.